, 1887-04-28
EerssnaI. From .i,c Defense.
EXTRACTS FEosI MRS MyLucY's SERMON OF
LAST FRIDAY.



Sc! ye first Tho h urlom of God and Iii
ri-hrsns', nes>, and az these ming. shsil be
%--cl unto NOU-'-Mari NI:s3.
lie wants 10 bc first in your lie, and
lie intends TO be first or hot at all. and
when You make Him first lie will take
care Il every; thing else Some ut YOU
don't believe ihIs, but | do. / have
proven II III my own hfe. Every day
people come to ne telling me If some
dreadful thing that somebody has said
ABOUT NE. My friend :. all over the
United States keep sending NE the news
paper articles Of irres ponsibie scribbhrs.
with every Eind of fabrication the devil
can devise, and they say: Why don't
you answer them: Way don't vou
prove 1t faIse:' Why. my dear friends.
don you know that faIsehncd Will travel
Il league while truth is getting IFS boots
on?
1t Is not my business to stop gnv work
to attend to the yap. yGp, OF every cur
that tie devil has barking at me be-
cause am a Christian and temperance
worker. I've got plenty 90 do for a bet
ter Alaster than the devil. | can't afford
10 waste time or strength fighting these
paii-aoS'S who are Guarding the inter
cSts oi tEe great whisky ulIgarchy of this
country Hear what NY God saws: TO
ne Del@nGeth vengeance and recon-
peuse; their foot shall slide in due time,
Tor the day nf their calamity is at hand,
and the things that come upon them
make hHste." And agaiu: 1t Is fear
iul thing to fall into the hands of the
living God. He says IF it be possible.
as much rs lieth in you, live Feaceably
with ali men. AVengc not yourselves,
but rather give place unto wrath, for it
Is written reHgeRcc is mine / will rCU4y
saith the Lord These people WHO are
making 1t their business to abuse me he
cause | am in the Gospel work-dop't
You kruw that the devil has got a Inur6-
gage on their tongues, and God is going
To let HIM t0rec!ose it some daY. and
when he gets the tongues he will get
their OWners-Te remember this. [ have
always noticed that slauder Is like mud
Ii you try to rub it off while it is fresh
You ONLY set your hands daubsd: but
leave It until It gets dry and it will rub
OF of itself Character and reputation
are two altogether different things.
My character is what | am before God.
No one can harm that without my con
sent My reputation is what people suy
"t me. l can't help every juck-daw in
the world pecklDg away at that, but my
faith Is firm IL God and DO man or
WomGn can be permanently injured who
Is right All the newspapers IN the land
may open their batteries upon me. but
they cannot alter the fact. that a tree is
known by its fruits. The devil don't
love me a bit. The people who are
serving the devil are not very affection
ate towards me; but my credentials are
best proven By that fact. You will find
my credentials in the 18th chapter OF st.
John and l9:h verse. They are from
headquarters. If ye were of the world
the world would tore its OTn; but be-
cause We are not of the world, but [ have
chosen You out of the world, therefore
the world hateth you. Remember the
word that i SAID unto you, the servant is
not greater than his lord. If they have
prosecuted me, they will also perSccute
you.' VINO are these who are aiding
tins persecution: / have vet to know
of one OF the earnest Christian workers
OF this country saying anything detTi-
mental to my work as II stands before
this whole country for lJyears past. On
The ontrary some OF the best and mob
lest LIN and women IN this nation have
written me words of faith and csurage
and q ristlan consolation, and best OF
all God has given me 37J souls in Wash
IuGton Territory as seals to my ministry.
Brethren we can afford tc let the heathen
rage let rs just keep close to God, and
keep picking these souls of from Satan's
outposts, and Cd Will take care of the
devils sharp shooters, | have yet to
learn of person of responsibility. or
character in the community where be
lives, asaauitIDg me; and | say here to-
I
my taliiii!ity, made many mistakes in
my life, ygt Def. person on earth to
show that | ever wifuliy Injured a hu-
man being, or committed any crime
against the laws of God or man.
But there Is class of people who are
saying, "You have 10 business to be
working for God while people accuse you
Of these things" 1t don't take either
heart, or trains, or conscience, to accuse
a person. There are some people like
newspaper editor up at Seattle; all the
courts III the universe won't convince
them of the innocence of any one whom
the Thiskey ring has paid to blacken.
lie puts me 10 mind OF an infidel down
in Michigan who happened to meet a
few cjeFcymeu at a railroad station as
they were waiting to take the train to
attend conference. Introducing him
sells to oue of them he said:
II want half en- hours talk with the
smartest one of your crowd. Who is he?"
well, Bro. White Is pretty smart,
was the reply"
The infidel walked up to the clergy
man named and bluDtly began:
Preacher White. you hold that there
is God, don't you?
"Yes sir"
sand a heaven and hell, DON'T you:"
YES Sir"
And none but believers can be
saved?'
"Juat So"
We'll sir, don't believe any such
thing, and I'll defy You to convince me?'
Il shant try" replied Mr.. White.
You won't! Don't you want me to be
saYed!"
No sir; wouldn't waste five minu-
ties to send you straight to heaven"
Why not"
why not? Why, sir. folks have been
going to heaven by the million for thou
sands of years, and there is now snch
crowd up there that q small soul like
yours could no more be found or heard
of than an atom of sand thrown into the
Ocean. My friend, goa are too
smut fECtOtcSS 10 l'iI JcT tEF HCSfHJ
And SO when a man, who has no knowl-
edge uf the person whom he is talking
about, makes an accusation, and says
that il can't be proven but j. is true all
the same. | shall not take any pains to
refute his lies. He is too small potatoes
To pay for the hoeing. Wherever God
opens door, or gives a handful OK sonls
to preach the Gospel of salvation to L
expect &c tell WIT | know about 1t. Con
Fl lenlially, | want to say to yOu L expect
the Lord has an object in bringing me
out here to this Pacific Coast. couldn't
it for some time, but I've
been finding ont lately what 1t IS.
You may have seen cattle that along IN
the spring get hide bound. They can't
grow any until you loosen them up.
They get lauk and thin TIL You get the
hide loose. You take hold of thnt bound
down hide and bow they vii! thrash
around!
Now there are SOME people out here
wLo are hide, bound. The devil has got
them so. Religion will never do them
any good until they get ioosened mp.
That Is why You have never bad Ievl-
val of religion in Port Townsend before.
But since I've come here how some OF
these hide bound professors q have
trottet around the town doing the devils
work, aud saying I'VE are respectable;
ice don't have anything to do with that